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The University of QueenslandenFez http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssQuasiclassical states for the Coulomb problem and the dynamical algebra so(4,2)http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:349895
2015-01-27T16:35:54Z
McAnally, David Scott Quasi-Hopf Star Superalgebrashttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:152743
2008-08-20T09:31:56Z
Lekatsas, Tel Queens, Dames, and Blokes in Frocks: Redressing Transgender in Australian Television and Filmhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:322222
2014-02-05T10:11:02Z
Mcintyre, Joanna R. Queensland Caesar: Sir Thomas McIlwraithhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:133066
For twenty-two years, between 1870 and 1896, Sir Thomas McIlwraith served as a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was thrice Premier of Queensland and held various ministerial positions including Colonial Treasurer. He was an engineer, visionary, politician, businessman, entrepreneur, pastoralist and family man. Biographers have neglected McIlwraith although they have written substantial accounts about other colonial leaders, including a full-length biography of Sir Samuel Griffith, the other significant colonial figure of the epoch. This biography on the life of McIlwraith assesses his political, business and private life and contends that he espoused a classical liberal political philosophy throughout his life. McIlwraith was a liberal and not a conservative as portrayed by historians. A proud Scotsman, he inherited a radical liberal and Covenanting background and became a classical laissez-faire liberal. Apart from Adam Smith the influence of John Mill is evident in McIlwraith’s beliefs. Under the influence of Mill he became a mild protectionist to allow for the establishment of new, colonial industries. After study at the University of Glasgow, where he witnessed progress and the Industrial Revolution, McIlwraith arrived in Melbourne in 1854 and became a civil engineer on the Victorian Railways. A pastoralist in Queensland in 1870, McIlwraith was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in that year. As Premier from 1879, McIlwraith’s policies brought economic development and prosperity to Queensland. He championed Queensland’s growth and development while he promoted his own self-interests. His focus was for the economic development and settlement of Queensland through the construction of railways. He established a direct steamship service for mail, freight and immigrants from London to Queensland and, in April 1883, attempted annexation of eastern New Guinea, which became the impulse for Australian federation. In mid-1883 he sought the construction of a transcontinental railway from Charleville to the Gulf of Carpentaria, which led to his election defeat. He held the Premiership briefly again in 1888 and 1893 before paralysis, diagnosed as peripheral neuritis, forced him to resign. In 1890, he formed a coalition government with Griffith, his bitterest enemy of the previous decade. Politics, his first passion, deprived him of time for his businesses. McIlwraith’s investments collapsed with the fall in asset values after the 1893 bank crash and depression, low wool prices and cattle tick infestation. McIlwraith was ill in London when the report into the collapse of the Queensland National Bank was being prepared by the Committee appointed by parliament. When the report was tabled in parliament, he was accused of a partnership with Drury, the late general manager of the bank. Although McIlwraith owed the bank £251,461 against security of £60,700, it was his partnership as a senior Minister of the government with Drury that became the central issue. Castigated by the rising Labour Party and union movement as a capitalist, McIlwraith was seen as a swindler, an anachronism of another time, as he was made the scapegoat for the bank’s insolvency by the government. His social conscience had not developed from his formative years as he had failed to appreciate the change in community values. His classical laissez-faire liberal philosophy that he had inherited remained embedded in every aspect of his life. In 1900, he died in London and was buried in Ayr, Scotland.2008-03-28T10:08:11Z
Beanland, Denver Queensland Rifle Association 1861-2011http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:270326
In April 2009, the Queensland Rifle Association (QRA) commissioned: 1. a written history of the association (approximately 20,000 words), 2. the development of an archive for the QRA 3. the introduction of an oral history archive 4. the introduction of a cataloguing system for the archive 5. an exhibition using archival material for the 2011 World Championship to be held at Belmont Range The history covers the Association’s inception and development over one hundred and fifty years from 1861 to 2011. It adds a full century to the previously published work, Lt-Col A. T. Jackson’s Southern Queensland Rifle Association Jubilee 1877-1927: a brief history of the association during the past fifty years. Jackson’s account is strong on sporting detail but never clarifies any decision the QRA had taken. The new commissioned history therefore explains the QRA’s evolution, and situates the association’s growth in a social, cultural and political context. By including appropriate local, national and international background, the history analyses the association’s changing roles: an offshoot of British imperialism, a conduit for Australian nationalism, a contributor to Australian defence and a social hub for its members. A draft was delivered to the publishers in March 2011, and the book, Home on the Range: Queensland Rifle Association 1861 – 2011, was launched by the Governor of Queensland at the QRA’s Queen’s Prize meeting in mid August 2011. The QRA now has an archive storage room at the Belmont Range, Brisbane. The oral history program includes interviews with the QRA’s three oldest members, Arthur Penwarn, Jim Rush and Alastair McPherson. The cataloguing system is simple, flexible and capable of online data input from various localities, including at-home data entry. The exhibition is now on display at the QRA’s Belmont headquarters in the reception room, immediately adjacent to the archival storeroom. The QRA History Committee and supervisors from the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland jointly managed the project.2012-03-18T20:28:13Z
William Casey Queer spectacles: Sex between straight men in Australian political cartoons 1992 - 2009http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:229850
2011-02-22T00:00:00Z
Simon Astley Scholfield Query Answering for Multiple Complex Resources: Description Logic in the Semantic Web Contexthttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:158314
The Semantic Web is a collection of many different data pages. It is still unclear how to answer a query posed on the Semantic Web using formal methods. Currently, the main approach to the above problem is addressed by description logics. However, description logics treat the Semantic Web as a single assertional knowledge base, based on a single ontology. In general, many web pages are irrelevant for a given query. Consequently, data retrieval services in description logic systems can be inefficiency if straightforward retrieval algorithms are chosen. In this work, we propose a space reduction methodology to address this issue. In particular, we develop techniques aimed at the reduction of the search space a description logic reasoning algorithm needs to take into account for answering a query. To reduce the search space, we need to be able to identify: 1) the dependency between pairs of Semantic Web data sources in order to maintain soundness of reasoning, and 2) the data sources which are fully irrelevant. Thus we need a way to determine whether a data source is relevant with respect to a query. Consequently, each data source must be associated with its source description. We propose a specification of source description and show how it can be used to reduce the reasoning search space. It has been argued that reasoning on the Semantic Web will benefit from the addition of rule systems to description logics. Accordingly, we specify how to combine rule systems, in particular defeasible logic, to description logics, and compare the expressivity of the rule system and the description logic system. We choose defeasible logic since, to the best of our knowledge, it is the only nonmonotonic reasoner that can operate in PTime. A nonmonotonic rule system gives us the ability to handle incomplete information in an easier way than description logic systems. We also extend the proposed space reduction method to the logic resulting from the combination of defeasible and description logic, defeasible description logic (DDL). The results from this PhD research allow one to find the answer of a complex query from a description logic-based, single ontology, Semantic Web system. Furthermore, the efficiency of description logic-based query answering also benefit from this research, and so the efficiency of rule-over description logic-based query answering.2008-11-21T00:00:00Z
Pothipruk, Pakornpong Query error detection: using base rates to improve end user query performancehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106806
2007-08-24T18:26:12Z
Robb, David A. Query processing in multiresolution spatial databaseshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:300075
2013-05-14T09:00:45Z
Prasher, Sham Questioning the envelope concept : thermal simulation for urban and suburban built environmentshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106142
2007-08-24T18:02:54Z
Gokhale, Medha Questions to Answershttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:177409
The University of Queensland Abstract Questions to Answers by Yaron Lifschitz The thesis, Questions to Answers, comprises two parts: a book-length collection of poems by the same title and a critical essay entitled “Behind the Verse: the Critical Prose of Poets” which examines critical prose written by three contemporary poets – Louise Glück, Anne Carson and Derek Walcott. The collection of poems is a series of lyrical digressions – oscillating between intimate reflections and intellectual musings. It aims to interrogate and undermine the known with pertinent (and sometimes impertinent) questions. The title suggests that rather than beginning with questions and moving to answers; the opposite journey is undertaken – the poems begin with the answers – received wisdoms, commonplace observations – and move towards uncertainty and curiosity. The poems range from short, lyrics to extended sequences. Being highly personal and eclectic statements of my sensibility, I aimed to create a free-flowing structure that reflects the curious digressions of this sensibility. There are several categories of poems that run through the work. These include poems of love and loss; short, lyrical odes to heroes of mine (mainly composers and poets); poems about reading the classics; poems about abstract philosophical musings; and poems about family – including my young son and my recently deceased sister. The placement of these poems aims to give a sense that these subjects are not distinct; reflecting my belief that one no more leaves the world of the heart to read the Odyssey than one forgoes one’s fascination with Kant to fall in love. The critical essay explores the relationship between the poetry and critical prose of three poets I admire – Derek Walcott, Louise Glück and Anne Carson. It proposes that the critical prose of poets is a neglected genre – full of delight and insight into the minds of the poets in question. The first chapter focuses on how a small observation in an essay by Walcott reveals a key feature of his poetics. The second explores the functioning of Glück’s stylistic reticence as she admires the sparse works of George Oppen. The third chapter looks at Carson’s radical troubling of the line between poetry and prose and seeks to explore it using digressive techniques borrowed from Carson herself. I begin the essay by exploring how the imperative to write a prose component to complement my poetry gave rise to this subject and finish the essay by analyzing what I learnt from its writing.2009-05-04T00:00:00Z
Yaron Lifschitz QUKU: A Mixed Grain Dynamically Reconfigurable Architecture for High Performance Computinghttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:159940
2008-12-23T17:55:47Z
Shukla, Sunil &quot;WE WALK INTO THE FUTURE BACKWARDS&quot; A CASE STUDY OF MAORI PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR ECONOMIC ACTIVITYhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:158494
My thesis analyses what is generally accepted in Western European societies as the &quot;work ethic&quot; and compares it with Maori people's motivations to work in New Zealand. I show that ideational systems, which direct people's expectations and perceptions about work, are comprised of shared ideas, values, beliefs, rules, and meanings that are expressed through social institutions. Ideational systems also influence the ways in which people organize their workplaces, which are, in turn, a sub-system of their broader society. I argue that industrial relations are, therefore, culturally shaped rather than solely determined by technological, industrial, or political considerations. Changes in societies, due to industrialization and technological innovation, do occur but they do not necessarily converge because actors in various social systems drive and adapt to social change in culturally specific ways. I used qualitative research methodology to interpret and describe the data presented to me by informants in interviews and through questionnaires in order to construct a detailed description and understanding of variations in attitude to the concept of work of culturally different peoples. My research was conducted in New Zealand during a period of significant change in the labour market. It shows how transformations in the labour market did not coincide with changes in people's ideas about work, in particular that the ideational constructs of Maori people's work contrasted greatly with those of mainstream New Zealanders (Pakehas). It demonstrates the distinctive individualistic ways of thinking about work in Western ideational systems as opposed to the holistic and all encompassing whanau principle that informs Maori ideational systems, actions, and economic development that frames industrial relations. It shows clearly that the ideational systems are separate and that rather than conforming to the integration efforts of consecutive New Zealand governments, Maori people have embarked on a course of self-determination that is shaped by their &quot;culture&quot;.2008-11-21T00:00:00Z
Welch, Ruby Racemization and oxygen exchange studies on some chromium (III) complexeshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:345467
2014-11-19T14:09:37Z
Kane-Maguire, Noel Andrew Patrick Radar Target Recognition based on Ultra Wideband Transient Electromagnetic Scatteringhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:155370
2008-09-26T14:59:42Z
Antony Lui Radiation effects in polymer systemshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:347133
2014-12-12T09:09:00Z
Garrett, Ridgnel Wayne Radiation induced grafting of expanded fluoropolymer materialshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:323828
2014-02-23T02:41:00Z
Mohd Hidzir, Norsyahidah Radiation-induced solid-state polymerization of derivatives of methacrylic acid.http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:215382
2010-08-31T00:00:00Z
Bowden, Murrae John Stanley. Radiation in low density hypervelocity flowshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:267760
The nonequilibrium radiative heat transfer in low density, hypervelocity flows is investigated. The X2 facility at the University of Queensland was modified to allow experimentation at low pressures in nonreflected shock tube mode, characteristic of high altitude flight. Experiments were completed in a Titan mixture (98% N2, 2% CH4) at pressures of 13, 8, and 4 Pa and shock speeds of 6.4, 6.2, and 9.0 km/s respectively. Spectral measurements demonstrated a significant improvement in flow quality when compared to results from other facilities - producing test flow at such low densities, increasing the length of test gas available, and improving the signal-to-noise ratio of the spectral data.2012-02-15T23:07:13Z
Carolyn Jacobs Radiation measurements in a simulated Mars atmospherehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:282446
2012-09-25T15:19:43Z
Eichmann, Troy Nicholas Radiation of Monorchiid Trematodes in Association with Chaetodontids in the Tropical Indo-West Pacifichttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:260350
I report 23 species of Hurleytrematoides from seven sites in the tropical Indo-West Pacific (TIWP): Heron Island (Queensland), Lizard Island (Queensland), Swain Reefs complex (Queensland), New Caledonia, Palau, Ningaloo (Western Australia) and Moorea (French Polynesia). Nineteen are described by morphology, three are morphologically cryptic, and one has only been detected by the use of molecular data. I named fifteen new species: H. boucheti n. sp., H. combesi n. sp., H. deblocki n. sp., H. dollfusi n. sp., H. euzeti n. sp., H. faliexae n. sp., H. galzini n. sp., H. justinei n. sp., H. kulbickii n. sp., H. loi n. sp., H. moorensis n. sp., H. morandi n. sp., H. pasteuri n. sp., H. planesi n. sp., and H. sasali n. sp. Five species (H. bartolii, H. coronatum, H. fijiensis, H. prevoti, and H. zebrasomae) have been previously recorded at other Indo-Pacific localities, and three species have not been formally described. Twenty-two species are found only in the family Chaetodontidae (butterflyfishes), and one was found only in the Tetraodontidae. The Chaetodontidae was examined intensively; the study reports on examinations of 2866 individuals of 45 species of chaetodontids collected between 1986 and 2009. The 19 morphological species of Hurleytrematoides considered here comprise a complex distinguished by a single testis, bipartite seminal vesicle, unipartite terminal organ, and filamented eggs; the arrangement of the terminal genital is the key feature in diagnosing species. I collected sequence data from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS-2) region (nuclear ribosomal DNA), and the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (CO1) gene (mitochondrial DNA). ITS-2 sequences yielded 38 haplotypes corresponding to 16 morphological species, and CO1 sequences yielded 63 haplotypes corresponding to 15 morphological species. For morphological species, intraspecific variation for both nuclear and mitochondrial regions was low within localities (with the exception of H. loi n. sp. and H. sasali n. sp.), but high between localities (up to 4.4% for ITS-2; up to 13.6% for CO1), and overlapped with levels of interspecific variation (1.6–16% for ITS-2; 9–22.7% for CO1). The high level of mitochondrial and nuclear sequence variation within three morphological species indicates that each represents a pair of cryptic species that can only be identified using molecular analysis; two pairs of cryptic species have not yet been separated as pairs of named species because holotypes cannot be designated for them. One cryptic species, morphologically indistinguishable from H. coronatum, is named (H. moorensis n. sp.). The variation in mtDNA sequences shows that regional endemism is widespread, and that there is limited gene flow between sampling localities. This implication dovetails with the results of cluster analysis done on 18 morphological species of Hurleytrematoides at six TIWP localities. The low similarity found in the Hurleytrematoides species assemblages in overlapping ranges of chaetodontids between the “Coral Sea localities” (Heron Island, Lizard Island, and New Caledonia) and Ningaloo, Moorea, and Palau was interpreted as evidence of restricted dispersal capacity over large distances, and attributed to the lack of mobility of larval trematodes that mature in site-attached fishes in the marine environment. The fact that only one species (H. morandi n. sp.) was found at all six major collecting sites, and that many species are absent from apparently suitable sites, also highlights the role of chance in dictating the distribution of marine parasites with limited dispersal. This study demonstrates the necessity of integrative taxonomy, in which multiple types of data are used to create species descriptions, and the importance of mtDNA markers in studies of digenean biogeography, which have traditionally relied on ribosomal DNA to infer taxonomic relationships in the TIWP.2011-11-02T13:09:27Z
Marissa McNamara Radical Restructuring: Autonomies in Italian Architecture & Design, 1968-73http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:332989
2014-06-19T15:56:21Z
Brown, Alexandra Radio studies of southern interacting galaxieshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:246805
2011-08-31T13:30:38Z
Gordon, Scott Douglas Radio studies of the lower ionospherehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:349662
2015-01-23T11:43:13Z
Thiele, David Lewis RAFT-mediated polymerization in nanoreactorshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:289088
2013-01-14T17:16:47Z
Sebakhy, Khaled Omar Railway rolling noise prediction and validationhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:332014
2014-06-09T00:20:41Z
Jiang, Shijie Random-access MIMO in single hop and wireless mesh network settingshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:276609
2012-06-29T09:22:20Z
Hunchangsith, Konglit Randomised controlled trial of prolotherapy injections, saline injections and exercises in the treatment of chronic low back painhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:291708
2013-02-19T11:22:27Z
Yelland, Michael John Randomized comparison of efficacy, adherence, and acceptability of three multiple micronutrient supplements in Iranian infantshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:197128
Introduction The last national micronutrient survey of Iran showed that, in spite of a national supplementation program, the prevalence of anaemia, and zinc deficiency were 37.8% and 20% among 15-23 months old infants, respectively. Data show that more than 60% of infants do not consume supplements regular. Moreover, the current supplementation program does not provide a zinc supplement. Home fortification has been promoted as an alternative approach, where families are able to add micronutrients to home-made food for infants. The majority of efficacy trials of multiple micronutrient containing ‘Sprinkles’ powder and crushable ‘Foodlets’ tablets have been conducted in areas where maize-based complementary food is common. The potential effects of home fortification supplement in Iran are uncertain as the staple food is different (wheat and rice vs. maize in other trials) and acceptability of the Sprinkles and Foodlets is unknown. This thesis aim to assess efficacy, adherence, and acceptability of Sprinkles and Foodlets as compared with current supplement (Drops) on micronutrient status (iron, zinc, vitamin A and vitamin D) and growth in Iranian infants aged 6-18 month. Methods A total of 405 infants were recruited from Hashtgerd, 80 km west of Tehran, Iran; 43 were excluded due to not meeting the inclusion criteria. The infants were randomly assigned to receive daily supplementation of Sprinkles (n=120), Foodlets (n=121) or Drops (n=121) for four months. Sprinkles and Foodlets contain iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin D, folate, and multiple B vitamins similar except that levels of iron are higher in the Sprinkles group. Drops do not contain zinc, vitamin B12, or folate. The persons responsible for the laboratory test and data entry were blinded to randomization. Haemoglobin, serum ferritin, serum retinol, serum zinc, 25(OH)D concentration and anthropometric measures were assessed at baseline and four months. At each monthly phase of the follow-up, adherence to supplements and side-effects related to supplements were reported by mothers. Six focus group discussions assessed mother’s perceptions about the supplements. Within group change in means over 4 months intervention was examined by Student’s paired t-test. The within group changes in proportions were assessed using McNemar’s test. Change across the three treatment groups were compared using analysis of covariance. Ethical clearance was obtained from the ethics committee of both the University of Queensland in Australia and the Ministry of Health in Iran. Results Of the total 362 infants included in the study, 313 (86%) had complete anthropometric and haemoglobin data, and 301 infants (83%) also had both initial and final serum samples. There were no significant differences between the three groups for baseline data. Baseline data showed approximately one fourth of anaemic children had iron deficiency anaemia and 38% of infants were zinc deficient. The children had a relatively good baseline status for vitamin A, vitamin D and growth. After four months intervention mean haemoglobin increased significantly in the three groups. Serum ferritin concentration increased in the Drops group (p<0.001) and Sprinkles group (p<0.05). A significant improvement was seen in zinc status for the Sprinkles and Foodlets but not the Drops group. Mean percentage of adherence to Sprinkles, Foodlets, and Drops (total amount of supplement used divided by total amount expected to be used) was (90.4±17.25), (80.7±25.01), and (88.5±16.85) respectively. Vomiting was higher in the Foodlets compared to other groups (p<0.001). Staining of the teeth was higher in Drops than the other groups (P<0.001). Most mothers in the Sprinkles group (97.3%) preferred this supplement over current supplement whereas 87.2% of mothers in the Foodlet group preferred Foodlets over the current supplement. In the focus group discussions, mothers stated that the new supplements were more acceptable and easier to use compared to current supplement. However, they had some issues about the new supplements; for example, lack of appropriate food to add the Sprinkles or Foodlets. Conclusion The combination of multivitamins plus iron and zinc when added to wheat or rice-based complementary foods improved iron and zinc status. Combining iron and zinc in Sprinkles and Foodlets did not show negative effects on iron or zinc status. No differences were seen in efficacy of the Sprinkles and Foodlets on outcomes except a little higher improvement of iron status in Sprinkles and a slight higher weight gain of infants in the Foodlets group. According to this efficacy trial and formative study, Sprinkles had a higher acceptability in the study population and there are factors to encourage its use (easy to use, tasteless, containing all required vitamins and minerals, shape, easy to transfer, and stimulates appetite). The trial identified trade-offs in combining multiple micronutrients into a single delivery mechanism, with no benefit from addition of vitamins A and D on nutritional status in this sample of infants. We might consider different acceptability to Sprinkles in some regions by different cultural practices but in summary Sprinkles is likely to be the best option as an alternative choice to the current supplementation (Drops).2010-02-28T05:53:58Z
Kourosh Samadpour Rapid measurement of heavy mineral content in wet-plant streamshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:107261
2007-08-24T18:43:36Z
Priyanthi Devika Hapugoda Rapid neonatal hearing screening using a modified maximum length sequences automated auditory brainstem responsehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:152787
2008-08-22T10:38:25Z
Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat Rate limiting factors of the anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste in bioreactor landfillshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:261910
2011-11-21T12:35:45Z
Lai, Takwai Eddy Rationing access to protected natural areas: An economic analysis based on a study of visitors to a world heritage site in Australiahttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:298088
2013-04-22T13:49:51Z
Fleming, Christopher Mark Rationing Access to Social Housing in a Multi-Provider Systemhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:158573
The contemporary social housing system in Australia is increasingly targeted to households with high and complex needs and is delivered through a network of multiple public and community housing providers. Access to social housing is increasingly problematic with demand for assistance far outstripping supply as a result of the reduction of affordable rental housing in the private market, changing human services policies and reduced public investment in social housing. This study analysed access to social housing through a case study of inner Brisbane, examining rationing policies and practices within a multi- provider system. It analysed rationing processes in a number of social housing organizations and took a systems view to assess how well consumer access arrangements operated across the local service delivery network. An analytical model was developed for understanding access to social housing across three domains: 1. government policy; 2. service delivery; and 3. consumer agency. The primary focus of the study was the service delivery domain, although the interactions with the other two domains were also examined. For the purposes of the study, access to social housing was defined as a set of rationing processes that operated within individual organizations and across the service delivery system. The analysis drew heavily on human services management and public administration literature relating to rationing, service integration, consumer choice and the role of front line workers in policy implementation. The research found that access arrangements in the case study area were fragmented and involved complexity and duplication of effort for applicants and service providers. While there was strong stakeholder support for reforms to address these problems, there was no consensus about the nature and scope of change needed. A major arena of contention was the appropriate balance between system diversity and system integration. The research challenges the adoption of a dichotomous integration-diversity paradigm in favour of an approach based on network theory. The findings present the challenge of coordinating access to multiple social housing providers as a problem of network management. Rationing policies, program design and investment decisions emanating from the government policy domain were identified as establishing the parameters and constraints within which access was rationed in the service delivery domain. Government relied on service delivery agencies to implement policy and these organisations, in turn, relied on frontline workers. The extent to which government policy could determine local rationing practices was dependent on how tightly those policies were specified and the governance arrangements in place to achieve compliance. Similarly, organisations relied on formal policies and procedures and varying levels of surveillance to manage the exercise of discretion by frontline workers. The study identified a range of factors that influenced how rationing policies were interpreted and implemented by service provider organisations and workers. A significant factor was local housing market conditions and how they impacted on service demand. The study also found that service delivery organisations and workers advocated strongly for the retention of local discretion in key access processes, especially in matching applicants with specific vacant properties. They emphasised the value of local knowledge and discretion rather than uniform procedures in achieving appropriate and sustainable housing outcomes. An important finding of the study was that reforms such as tighter rationing and improved service integration have limited potential to address underlying problems of inadequate supply or significantly impact on the total number of people who can be assisted. These demand management policies and practices do, however, determine who applies for social housing, which applicants gain access, the order in which applicants are housed.2008-11-21T16:12:35Z
Phillips, Rhonda Leigh Reactions between cations and some acid mucopolysaccharides of connective tissuehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:347023
2014-12-10T14:57:11Z
Dunstone, J. R. Reactions to deviance : a social identity analysis of over- and underachievements in groupshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:223718
2010-12-07T09:37:33Z
Fielding, Kelly Shanene. Reactivity of coal chars and carbons : effects of chemisorption and structurehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106562
2007-08-24T18:17:55Z
Feng, Bo Readership research unrewarded : why Australian newspapers fail to reap the rewards of their own researchhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:301427
2013-06-03T12:25:04Z
Green, Kerry Philip Reading (and) the personal: the journal intime of Marie Bashkirtseffhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106211
2007-08-24T18:05:16Z
Wilson, Sonia. Reading Authority and Subjectivity Cross-Culturally: Some Women’s Fiction and Autobiography Since the 1950shttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:159361
2008-11-21T14:57:56Z
Golafshani, Leili Reading Barth with Mozart in mind: An exploration of Mozartean resonance in the theology of Karl Barthhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:301259
2013-05-28T12:12:30Z
Birchley, Keith Andrew Reading comprehension and strategies used by Chinese- and English-background learners of Japanese in reading Kana and Kanji-Kana passageshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106810
2007-08-24T18:26:20Z
Norris, Enju Reading Roman Masculinities. Sexual Invective Discourses and Constructions from Augustus to Elagabalushttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:158418
Studies of ancient sexualities and masculinities has increased since the publication of Foucaults first volume of The History of Sexuality in 1976, Dovers Greek Homosexuality in 1978 and Richlins first edition of The Garden of Priapus in 1981. Modern scholars have identified points of difference between modern categories that are based on the gender/sex of the sexual object-choice and the ancient emphasis and importance of status and issues of penetration. This study aims to modify some of the previously held beliefs on Roman masculinities and sexualities, and argue that there are many different discourses and constructions, which are often manipulated to suit the purpose and context of the author. Illustrative of these shifts in sexual discourses are the constructions of the emperors from Augustus to Elagabalus, who are targeted with invective ranging from sex with slaves (or freedmen), citizen boys, being penetrated, performing oral sex, committing adultery and/or having incestuous sex. Sometimes these acts are constructed as sexual transgressive behaviours, but in other contexts, they are considered part of everyday norms. While issues of penetration are significant to Roman sexual discourses and constructions of masculinities, it was not the only qualifier to being a dominant man. Penetrators could be targeted with invective for certain sexual behaviours that were considered to have transgressed social and legal conventions. Although ancient discourses did not primarily categorise sexual behaviour based on the sex of the object-choice, there were preferences for certain objectchoices based on status, age and the sex of the sexual object-choice. The stereotypes of cinaedi and the emperors of the late first century BCE to the early third century CE demonstrate that some discourses constructed men with preferences for males, females or both sexes; and that preferences for certain status and age groups or certain sexual acts were also significant to Roman sexual discourses. One of the central aims of this thesis is to examine the shifts and manipulations in Roman sexual discourses, particularly in satire, epigram and comic genres and biographical and historical genres, to identify common or varying topoi. We find that each text asserts ideologies about the emperors, and employ inconsistent and conflicting attitudes about sexual acts in different genres and contexts. Notionally, Roman men were limited to certain acceptable status- and age-appropriate groups, and perhaps more importantly restricted to gender-appropriate sexual acts. The level of hostility in discourses and constructions can often vary, depending upon the purpose of the author, which should caution us against making definite conclusions about Roman masculine sexual identities. On re-evaluating and re-interpreting the evidence, it seems misleading to state that Roman gender and sexual constructions and discourses are totally alien and incomparable to modern discourses, particularly with regard to some mainstream characterisations of the penetrated male in same-sex sexual behaviours. Ideally, Roman men fulfilled the dominant masculine role and familial duty of marrying and begetting heirs. Within this environment, we find that homoerotic relationships were placed outside this norm, excluded from concepts of Roman marriage, adultery and incest. Our sources focus rather on male-female relationships when they discuss marriage, adultery and incest and construct a notional ideal that men should be discreet about their extra-marital affairs, whether with males or females and irrespective of status and age or social conventions that placed certain restrictions on masculine sexualities. When the sexual invective against the emperors is considered, it becomes clear that men could be targeted for all sorts of sexual behaviours, which in some contexts are considered part of the norm and in other contexts part of deviant sexualities. Ultimately, the context is important for reading discourses of Roman masculinities and sexualities.2008-11-21T00:00:00Z
Tunny, Ricky John Reading schools in Fairweather – perceptions of influences on parental choice.http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:151838
2008-07-10T14:10:43Z
Bittner, Susan I. Reaffirmation processes : a study of the experience of responding to workplace abusehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:106200
2007-08-24T18:04:55Z
Rylance, Jane. Realistic Analysis of Socio-Technical Interventions in the Context of Urban Water Managementhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:261392
It is increasingly recognised that the grand challenges of our society are inherently socio-technical, with a complex interplay of social and cultural factors determining the conditions and success of engineering work. Addressing the lack of systematic ways to approach socio-technical complexity, the purpose of this empirical study was to gain a better understanding of ways in which complex socio-technical systems transition towards more sustainable conditions. More specifically, the study examined factors which influence the effectiveness of policy-driven socio-technical interventions designed to better manage domestic water demand. Water demand management interventions were investigated in Australia and in the United Kingdom (UK). More specifically, these investigations focused on voluntary household rainwater tank (HRWT) rebate schemes offered to residents in south east Queensland (SEQ) during the recent Millennium Drought and a compulsory and on-going household water metering program in Kent. The following three data collection methods were used: i. Ethnographic observations; ii. In-depth interviews with high-level managers, water practitioners and residents; and, iii. A document analysis of media articles. The data was qualitatively analysed using a grounded theory approach within an overarching realist theoretical framework. The two main contributions of this work are: a. The development of a methodological framework to better understand and anticipate socio-technical transitions in the context of contemporary engineering practice – RASTI (the Realistic Analysis of Socio-Technical Interventions); and, b. An evidence-based, realist model of socio-technical factors which influence domestic water demand. a. The RASTI framework is an eight-step schema which draws and builds on Pawson and Tilley’s (1997) Realistic Evaluation methodology – an approach which was developed in the late 1990s as a way to evaluate the successes (and failures) of social programs. In particular, the RASTI framework focuses on mechanisms for change triggered by policy-driven socio-technical interventions (i.e. how socio-technical interventions “engage in trying to change the balance of choices open to their subjects” (Pawson & Tilley, 1997, p. 122) and the social and cultural conditions (contexts) that are necessary for these change mechanisms to operate. More specifically, the framework consists of the following eight steps: 1) Getting Started, 2) Mapping Data Sources, 3) Entering the Field, 4) Managing Data, 5) Analysing Data, 6) Theory Generation and Abstraction, 7) Enfolding Literature and, 8) Reaching Cumulation. The RASTI framework has important implications for contemporary engineering practice and epistemologies because it calls into question the deterministic relationship between technological, or ‘engineering’, solutions, and their outcomes. Instead, outcomes are causally related to the presence of underlying social mechanisms triggered within evolving socio-cultural and environmental contexts. Specific challenges that this shift in thinking may present to engineering practitioners, such as the implications of a constructivist epistemology, are discussed throughout the thesis and specifically addressed in the RASTI framework. b. The evidence-based, realist model describes the dynamic relationships between socio-technical factors which influence domestic water demand. The model consists of a two-level hierarchy of clusters and subordinate categories relating to enabling and disabling contexts and supporting and inhibiting mechanisms. More specifically, the three cluster-level contexts concern: 1. Locally relevant and consistent understandings of the problem; 2. Levels of confidence and trust in the program initiators; and, 3. Access to locally relevant and actionable information. And the three cluster-level mechanisms relate to: 1. Economically-motivated considerations; 2. A sense of responsibility; and, 3. The desire to maintain or enhance current lifestyles. Examination of how the theoretical constructs in the model manifested at the two study sites points to the existence of underlying social relations and organisational structures which are common across urban water management regimes. This finding suggests that the model is tentatively transferable to other implementation settings. Application of the methodological framework and evidence-based model to socio-technical interventions in other limited natural resource and sustainable demand management settings, such as household energy use and transport, is also discussed. More broadly, the results of this study demonstrate that in order to create and capitalise on socio-technical change opportunities, engineering practitioners must recognise the limitations of technologically deterministic and reductionist thinking and expand the profession’s sphere of expertise to include approaches, like RASTI, which allow for the systematic analysis and deeper understanding of complex socio-technical systems.2011-11-15T07:32:20Z
Nicki Sochacka Reality, locality and all that: "experimental metaphysics" and the quantum foundationshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:138919
2008-05-27T11:08:07Z
Eric Gama De A Cavalcanti Real-Time Face Detection on High Resolution Smart Camera Systemhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:239392
Currently, video data in surveillance system is used predominantly as a forensic tool, thus losing its primary benefit as a proactive real-time alerting system. In addition, most of the current surveillance systems capture only low resolution video of the monitored scene making it difficult to analyze the data. To remedy these problems, National ICT Australia started a project called Intelligent CCTV for Proactive Security that aims to improve the counter-terrorism capabilities and sensitivities of surveillance systems. A high resolution (5 Megapixels) smart camera system is designed to be used as a component in a crowd surveillance system that has a face recognition capability. The smart camera is used to detect faces in the captured high resolution images as a way to reduce communication bandwidth and the processing load of a client processor that runs the face recognition software. In the early 2000s, Viola and Jones proposed a robust and very fast face detection algorithm that has attracted the attention of researchers in the face detection field. However, even the Viola-Jones face detection algorithm does not achieve real-time and produces many false positives when detecting faces on high resolution images. In order to achieve real-time face detection and minimal errors on the high resolution smart camera system, a two-stage face detection algorithm is proposed. The first stage of the real-time face detection is a fast region of interest detection algorithm to roughly estimate regions containing faces in the image. The second stage is an accurate face detection algorithm used to detect the precise face locations within the estimated face regions. Experiments show that this approach could improve the face detection speed on high resolution images tremendously and in addition reduces false positives in the detection. The region of interest detection is designed to be pixel based so that it can be processed at the same rate as the image sensor of the smart camera. The algorithm consists of three components: 1) Background subtraction algorithm, 2) Skin color detection algorithm, and 3) Region of interest classification algorithm. In the crowd surveillance problem, it is assumed that the cameras are static and produce color images. Hence, a background subtraction algorithm and skin color detection algorithm can be used to reduce the region of interest to the moving skin colored regions. For the face detection stage, we utilized a cascade of boosted face classifiers following the concept proposed by Viola and Jones. Since weak classifier evaluation is the main computation and the bottleneck of the face detection algorithm, we proposed a novel weak classifier or feature type called the Square Patch feature to achieve faster detection speeds. This feature requires fewer memory accesses and arithmetic operations compared to the Haar-like feature proposed by Viola-Jones. We also utilized the Realboost machine learning algorithm, as opposed to Adaboost, to produce a faster face detector with fewer weak-classifiers. To exploit the parallelism on hardware, we proposed a parallel cascade of face detector classifiers that can achieve much faster execution speed. Finally, the hardware architecture of the two-stage face detection is designed for the smart camera hardware. The region of interest detection hardware is designed to be implemented as a low level processing module of the smart camera. The low level processing is executed as soon as a pixel is available without having to buffer the whole image beforehand. Meanwhile, the face detection hardware is designed to be implemented as a high level processing module of the smart camera. The face detection algorithm hardware takes the output of the region of interest detection and reads the image buffer of the smart camera to perform face detection.2011-03-28T23:43:03Z
Yasir Mohd Mustafah Reappraisal of geophysical phenomena and associated portents in the classical worldhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:165423
ABSTRACT Many unusual phenomena in nature were recorded from the regions bordering the Mediterranean Sea from the second millennium BC up to AD 600. The ancient sources interpreted these as prodigies, messages from the gods, but rarely discussed their causes. Numerous reports of these portents were viewed as the illusions of eyewitnesses or the fabrications of ancient literary sources. Many modern authors have interpreted these portents as fabulous, or as astronomical or meteorological events. This thesis examines the portents that occur in the atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere and proposes that many are geophysical phenomena caused by tectonic activity, in particular earthquakes and volcanoes. Modern research on these incidents is examined to identify characteristics and causes, and texts from ancient philosophers and natural historians are investigated to see whether they were aware of these natural occurrences and if so, how they were produced. Portents that possess the characteristics of seismically-induced lights, cloud, fog, storms, anomalous animal behaviour, noises, and hydrological changes are collated in order to discuss individual events. Where possible, ancient examples are compared with modern well-documented episodes with the same features. In a majority of cases, these events have recurred in the same locations at later times. The proposal that many of these phenomena are caused by seismic activity offers an alternative to the suggestions of many modern scholars, who ascribe many of the luminous events to lightning, meteors or comets and some sonics to exploding meteors or thunderstorms. This reappraisal of the ancient portents vindicates the seemingly fantastic reports that occur in the ancient texts, especially some of the poetic or religious sources, and rehabilitates the reputation of the authors who have documented these events. In the process it also adds to the catalogue of geophysical phenomena caused by earthquakes in the classical world.2009-02-28T14:37:38Z
Maxwell Miller Recasts and negotiated prompts: A counterbalanced approach?http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219988
Abstract This thesis examines the roles of two types of corrective feedback in second language (L2) learning: recasts and negotiated prompts. Two research questions are addressed: RQ1) which type of negative feedback (i.e., recasts or negotiated prompts) is more effective for learners’ development of question and past tense forms in the EFL context of China?; and RQ2) which type of negative feedback (i.e., recasts or negotiated prompts) is less moderated by three learner variables in its effects in the EFL context of China (i.e., learner level, language anxiety, and learner orientation to correction)? This examination tests Lyster and Mori’s (2006) Counterbalance Hypothesis, which predicts that recasts facilitate learning more than negotiated prompts in L2 classrooms with a holistic communicative orientation toward language forms in their learning context. To this end, the present study involved 90 first-year students at a Chinese university and randomly assigned them into one of three groups: Recasts (n=30), Negotiated prompts (n=30), and Control (n=30). The recast and negotiated prompt groups received a pre-test and an instructional treatment provided with the respective corrective feedback, followed by two post-tests. The control group received the three tests only. Two-way mixed ANOVAs (Analysis of Variance) with post-hoc comparisons for RQ1 indicate that: 1) neither form of corrective feedback significantly increased the learners’ production of Stage-5 questions regarding Pienemann and Johnston’s (1987) developmental stages; 2) recasts significantly improved the learners’ production of question and past tense forms in the target-like direction; and 3) negotiated prompts showed positive outcomes by making the learners’ production of the two forms target-like, but to an insignificant extent in most analyses. Paired-sample t-tests were conducted for RQ2. The results indicate that the effects of negotiated prompts were significantly positive for the learners who had a low level of pre-test performance, a low level of language anxiety and a high level of orientation toward correction, whereas the effects of recasts were significantly positive for all learners, regardless of their levels for the three variables. These findings suggest that the choice of linguistic forms plays a role in the effectiveness of recasts and negotiated prompts as a result of certain linguistic variables of the form (e.g., communicative function, the difference between mother tongue and L2). Also, these findings suggest that, if a linguistic form is amended by one of the feedback types, recasts yield better learning outcomes than negotiated prompts in the present context. This has been demonstrated both when the overall effects of the feedback were examined in relation to two linguistic forms and when the effects of the feedback were examined in relation to three learner variables. Therefore, it can be concluded that the claims of the Counterbalance Hypothesis are supported by the present study when the choice of a linguistic form is amended by the two types of corrective feedback.2010-11-08T10:11:51Z
Huifang Li